The tough polypropylene blades make light work of leaves and grass cuttings and the heavy duty steel handles are plastic coated for a longer life. This helps to take the strain off your hands and make it a bit more comfortable for you to use this tool.

Eliminating the need to bend, the sturdy 40cm (153 /4in) grabber blades are angled to pick up large amounts in one go, so you can simply transfer into a wheelbarrow, compost bin or garden waste bag. If you are going to use a leave blower, very large areas for example, then I’d be tempted to stick with a standard design like that on my Darlac Grab-N-Lift but if you want the rake feature or have a small area to keep clean, this is well worth considering. Sturdy tubular steel shafts with tough plastic head, makes gathering leaves and grass cuttings quick and easy. What I really like is that it saves my back, which is much better than being on my hands and knees and bending over using gloves. While most leaf grabbers just let you pick up the leaves after you raked them into a pile, this one you Rake-Collect-Clear.Also for convenience, there’s a hole to hang the leaf grabbers up on a hook in your storage shed or garage to keep them out of the way and in sight so you don’t lose them. Great for using after raking your leaves up with a Darlac Telescopic Expanding Rake to easily transfer your garden waste into a wheelbarrow or bag. Voted ‘Best on Test’ with a five star rating, proving to be so popular that most testers said they would purchase one for their own use. What I will say is that I still use a leaf rake to collect the leaves into a pile first or use the leaf blower. It has handlebar handles so only one tubular handle goes into each paddle, and only one bolt holds both handles together.

I also use them in my family’s small garden centre, where mature trees surround us, and with them come the masses of leaves every autumn. It is very important to take proper care of your garden tool so that it continues to perform at its peak. While many of the blades have some semblance of teeth on their front edge or a kind of serrated edge, it’s not usually enough to pull the leaves into a pile.This leaf grabber will save you time and back ache as you easily collect leaves and other garden waste, just use the moulded grip handles to open the large jaws, grab the leaves or grass cuttings and deposit them into a garden bag or wheelbarrow.

They’re not very deep though, so don’t expect the utility of a rake, The blades are slightly curved to help them hold all that you pick up. For more ways to keep your garden nice and tidy, explore the best garden shredders and the best autumn tidying kit for your garden. Sweeping up fallen leaves can result in a clean and tidy finish, but the process itself can be long, boring and hard work. To make sure that you complete the task efficiently, it features extra wide toothed scoops for greater scooping capacity.Welcome to my site, my name is John and I have been lucky enough to work in horticultural nurseries for over 15 years in the UK. The long handled garden tool picks up large amounts easily allowing you to remove unwanted garden foliage without discomfort.